About the Aston Electorate

Aston is an outer metropolitan division which covers the area from Vermont in the north to Lysterfield in the south, from Ferntree Gully in the east to Vermont South in the west. The suburbs of Bayswater, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Forest Hill, Knoxfield, Lysterfield, Mountain Gate, Rowville, Scoresby, Studfield, Vermont, Vermont South, Wantirna and Wantirna South are in this division. The main industries are market gardens, orchards, light industry, food manufacturing and chemical production.

The seat is named after Tilly Aston, blind writer and teacher. For more about Tilly Aston - see wikipedia.

First proclaimed/election 1984.

Area
Approximately 96 sq km

Enrolment
2007 Election: 92,798

Population
2006 Census: 129,450

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